2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1d
Event Info

2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€71,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€486,720
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
252
Players Left
65

Heinen Leaves Mortensen on the Brink

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a flop of {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, Bianca Heinen bet 17,000 and faced an all-in from Sebastian Mortensen for 42,100 effective. Heinen made the call.

Bianca Heinen: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Sebastian Mortensen: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Heinen was ahead with top pair, whilst Mortensen had a gut-shot and two overcards. The {9-Spades} turn paired the board and the {a-Clubs} river confirmed Heinen's double up.

Player Chips Progress
Bianca Heinen de
Bianca Heinen
103,000 68,000
Sebastian Mortensen no
Sebastian Mortensen
18,000 18,000

Schmid Eliminated

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Kaspar Schmid moved all-in for 30,000 and was called by Bruno Compagna.

Bruno Compagna: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Kaspar Schmid: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

There was no help for Schmid from the community cards as the board fell {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and sent Schmid packing.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Compagna it
Bruno Compagna
190,000
Kaspar Schmid ch
Kaspar Schmid
Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Unertl Pays Off Lombardo

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a double paired of {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, Sascha Unertl checked to Simone Lombardo who bet 6,200 and was called by Unertl.

Lombardo continued on the {9-Hearts} river for 21,000. Unertl made the call and was not happy to see Lombardo had {a-Spades}{10-Spades} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Simone Lombardo it
Simone Lombardo
130,000 130,000
Sascha Unertl de
Sascha Unertl
66,000 11,000

Ace From Space for Magy

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Magy
Daniel Magy

Gregory Luttke-Grech opened to 2,600 from middle position and was called by Michael Specka on the button. Daniel Magy jammed for 23,500 from the big blind.

Grech folded and Specka decided to call.

Daniel Magy: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Michael Specka: {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

The {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop gave Magy four outs to Broadway along with his overcards. The {9-Diamonds} turn was a brick but the {a-Clubs} hit the river to give Magy the checkmark and seal the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Specka cz
Michael Specka
100,000 100,000
Daniel Magy hu
Daniel Magy
50,000 -49,000

PN Podcast: Sarah Responds to Bryn Kenney Criticism, Mean Tweets & Ivey's Weed Situation

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
PN Podcast
PN Podcast

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring responds to criticisms surrounding her interview with Bryn Kenney, which includes a segment of reading some mean tweets. Learn her thoughts on the whole matter and learn behind-the-scenes details on how it all came together.

Sarah is also joined by Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen to discuss Chino Rheem winning the PokerGO Tour $25K Showdown Series, previewing the High Stakes Duel Phil Hellmuth vs. Tom Dwan match coming up on May 12, and Ruth Hall taking down the Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship for the second time.

They also discuss Brad Owen being brought on as WPT Ambassador, and an update on Phil Ivey's weed business venture, which doesn't have a happy ending.

Listen to those stories and more on the PokerNews Podcast!

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!

Post Break Stack Update

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marion Mizzi mt
Marion Mizzi
120,000 70,000
Ulysse Harry fr
Ulysse Harry
106,000 56,000
Agnes L'Allemend at
Agnes L'Allemend
95,000 25,000
Simon Sennhauser ch
Simon Sennhauser
91,000 41,000
Anne-Marie Yuen nl
Anne-Marie Yuen
80,000 -8,000
Tiffany Langston us
Tiffany Langston
75,000 75,000
Gabrielle Re it
Gabrielle Re
60,000 10,000
Mark Attard mt
Mark Attard
52,000 29,300
Federico Petruzzelli it
Federico Petruzzelli
46,000 -4,000
Robert Lim gb
Robert Lim
40,000 16,000
Giovanni Palma it
Giovanni Palma
37,000 -13,000
Mindaugas Simkus lt
Mindaugas Simkus
29,000 -31,000
Alain Pujol fr
Alain Pujol
12,000 -51,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Break Time

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

The busiest day of the €550 Grand Event has entered its second break of the day. There have been 232 entries and 189 players are still in contention.